diff --git a/r/tests/testthat/test-dplyr-funcs-string.R b/r/tests/testthat/test-dplyr-funcs-string.R
index 229e0be406c98..86966b305368a 100644
--- a/r/tests/testthat/test-dplyr-funcs-string.R
+++ b/r/tests/testthat/test-dplyr-funcs-string.R
@@ -1178,7 +1178,6 @@ test_that("str_sub", {
       collect(),
     df
   )
-  
   compare_dplyr_binding(
     .input %>%
       mutate(